#48BFAA#48BFAA

#48BFAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.110 H 179.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BFAA
RGB	rgb(72, 191, 170)
HSL	hsl(169, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(169, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 0%, 11%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.55, -38.19, 0.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.55, 38.20, 178.85°)
OKLab	oklab(73.23% -0.1104 0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(73.23% 0.11 179.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.5556, 41.5386, 44.5353)
Luminance	0.4154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BFAA #BF485D

analogous

#48BF6F #48BFAA #4899BF

triadic

#48BFAA #AA48BF #BFAA48

tetradic

#48BFAA #6F48BF #BF485D #99BF48

square

#48BFAA #6F48BF #BF485D #99BF48

split-complementary

#48BFAA #BF4899 #BF6F48

monochromatic

#24685C #349684 #48BFAA #75CFBF #A3DFD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#48BFAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#48BFAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BFAA

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BFAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BFAA	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B4A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A7AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bfaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 191, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.110 179.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d3c3',
    500: '#48bfaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bfaa;
$custom-light: #88d3c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bfaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.412,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73226,
    "c": 0.11041,
    "h": 179.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BFAA

secondary

#CC97A0

accent

#5068D8

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BFAA

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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